Home cooking lessons

We have created our cooking videos and lessons so that an essential skill and method can be delivered to a range of learners that enables them to be able to:

  • use cooking skills to make home-cooked food that does not use pre-prepared, ready-cooked food
  • understand the value of passing on information about home cooking
  • be able to plan a nutritious, home-cooked meal using basic ingredients
  • be able to prepare, cook and present a nutritious, home-cooked meal using basic ingredients
  • understand how to cook economically at home
  • be able to pass on information about cooking meals at home from scratch

Within our Home Cooking section, students can follow recipes, instructions, video performances and lessons so that they gain a level of knowledge and understanding of how to cook simple, nutritious dishes safely and effectively. Here is a sample of our Home Cooking lessons available on the system:

• Aubergine (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Avocado (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Baking Terms  (glossary)
• Breadcrumbs (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Broccoli and Cauliflower (the ingredients and a recipe)
• Butter, margarine and spreads (the ingredients and a recipe)
• Cabbages (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Can Opener (opening technique and recipe for Salmon Paté)
• Capsicums (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Chicken and Pea Curry (recipe)
• Chicken Fajitas (recipe)
• Chicken: Poached (technique and recipe)
• Chocolate and Cocoa (the ingredients)
• Citrus Fruit (how to zest and juice)
• Cooking (knowledge)
• Crumble (recipe)
• Cucumber (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Eggs (a technique to crack and pan fry)
• Fish (oily)
• Fish (smoked)
• Fish (White) (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Flour and Gluten (the ingredients and a recipe)
• Food Safety 1 (knowledge)
• Food Safety 2 (knowledge)
• Fridge Management (knowledge)
• Frittata (recipe)
• Ginger (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Grater (technique and recipe for Tortillas)
• Herbs: Parsley and Coriander (the ingredients and a recipe)
• Hobs (knowledge)
• Home Cooking L1
• Home Cooking L2
• Knife Skills 1 (knowledge)
• Lettuce  (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Mango (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Measuring (technique)
• Melon (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Milk and Cream (the ingredients and a task)
• Minced Beef (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Mirepoix (the ingredients and a recipe)
• Muffins (recipe)
• Mushrooms (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Noodles (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Oats (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Oils (as an ingredient and a recipe)
• Onions (a technique to peel and dice)
• Onions (the ingredient)
• Organic (knowledge)
• Pan Frying Beef (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Pasta (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Pineapple (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Potato Jacket (recipe)
• Potato Wedges (recipe)
• Preparing for your Home Cooking Skills Assessment
• Raising Agents (ingredient)
• Rice (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Root Vegetables (as ingredients)
• Sausages (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Scrambled Eggs (technique)
• Shelf Life (knowledge)
• Simmering (technique)
• Sinks (knowledge)
• Smoothies (recipe)
• Sponge Mixture (recipe)
• Stock (as an ingredient)
• Stone Fruit (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Sugar (as an ingredient)
• Swedish Meatballs (recipe)
• Sweet Potato (the ingredient and a recipe)
• Taste, Flavour and Seasoning (knowledge) • The Eatwell Plate (knowledge)
• Tomato Sauce (recipe)
• Tomatoes (the ingredient and a recipe)

Please do not hesitate to contact us on 01909 568 338 to discuss any matter of this resource.